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Great scientific experiments : 20 experiments that changed our view of the world

Title
Great scientific experiments : 20 experiments that changed our view of the world / Rom Harré.
Author
Harré, Rom.
Publication
Oxford : Phaidon, 1981.

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Description
222 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
Discusses the experiments of Aristotle, William Beaumont, Robert Norman, Stephen Hales, Konrad Lorenz, Galileo, Robert Boyle, Theodoric of Freibourg, Louis Pasteur, Ernest Rutherford, A.A. Michelson, E.W. Morley, F. Jacob, E. Wollman, J.J. Gibson, A.L. Lavoisier, Humphrey Davy, J.J. Thomson, Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, J.J. Berzelius, and Otto Stern.
Subject
  • Science > Experiments > History
  • Scientists > Biography
  • Science > methods
  • Science > Experiments
  • Scientists
  • Experiment
  • Geschichte
  • Naturwissenschaften
  • Natuurwetenschappen
  • Experimenten
Genre/Form
  • Case studies
  • Biographies.
  • History.
  • Case studies.
  • Études de cas.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [221]-222.
Contents
The embryology of the chick / Aristotle -- The process of digestion as chemistry / William Beaumont -- The discovery of dip and the field concept / Robert Norman -- The circulation of sap in plants / Stephen Hales -- The conditions of imprinting / Konrad Lorenz -- The law of descent / Galileo -- The measurement of the spring of the air / Robert Boyle -- The causes of the rainbow / Theodoric of Freibourg -- The preparation of artificial vaccines / Louis Pasteur -- The artificial transmutation of the elements / Ernest Rutherford -- The impossibility of detecting the motion of the earth / A.A. Michelson and E.W. Morley -- The direct transfer of genetic material / F. Jacob and E. Wollman -- The mechanism of perception / J.J. Gibson -- The proof of the oxygen hypothesis / A.L. Lavoisier -- The electrolytic isolation of new elements / Humphrey Davy -- The discovery of the electron / J.J. Thomson -- The nature of colours / Isaac Newton -- The identity of all forms of electricity / Michael Faraday -- The perfection of chemical measurement / J.J. Berzelius -- The wave aspect of matter and the third quantum number / Otto Stern.
ISBN
  • 0714820962
  • 9780714820965
LCCN
85135595
OCLC
  • ocm12105960
  • 12105960
  • SCSB-65279
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library